Second season with Jets on Josh McCown's mind

Not much was expected of Josh McCown when the Jets signed him to a one-year deal, but the journeyman quarterback has exceeded projections.

As a reward, surely he thinks it would be nice if he didn’t have to change teams for the 11th time this coming offseason. McCown has not experienced much stability in the NFL, so when he was asked about a possible return to New York, he was far from dismissive.

“I love being in this system,” McCown said, according to the New York Post. “It would just be fun to play in a system for two years in a row. I would love to see where I could take that.”

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Now 38 years old, the veteran is having a career year. His numbers don’t compare to the league’s elites, but with 2,549 yards, 17 touchdowns, eight interceptions and a 67.3 completion percentage, he’s been more than adequate.

Of course, just because he wants to return doesn’t mean the Jets want him back. New York is almost certain to draft a quarterback in April, as Bryce Petty and Christian Hackenberg don’t appear part of future plans. Even if the Jets do draft an arm, they could want McCown back as a mentor. Then there’s just not a guarantee he gets to start.

It also remains to be seen whether or not the Jets will retain OC John Morton, the man whose system McCown is so fond of. If he’s let go, does McCown even consider a second season in the Big Apple?

There are a lot of questions still to be answered. Even McCown, despite his aforementioned appreciation of the Jets offense, has to figure out if he has another year in him.

On one hand, it would be satisfying to repeat a season like his 2017 campaign thus far. On the other, McCown has been doing this for a while. Going out on top of his game would make for a nice bow on his turbulent 15-year career.

“When you feel like you’ve been chasing this level you believe you can play at for a long time, and you start to feel like you’re scratching the surface of that and doing some of those things and settling into a system that you like, it’s hard to just go, ‘Yeah man, I’ll be done,'” McCown said. “But at the same time, if you are going to be done, it’s nice to be able to say you played your best ball at the end. So we’ll see.”

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